U21 League

Gamla Ullevi
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christer Wästerberg kicked off to start the match. Alf Enström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thierry Henry in the 4th minute of play. Örjan Håning charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Örjan Håning the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th match minute, Lirarnas Lag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Örjan Håning to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, Anton Gallberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alf Enström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Pihl United booed when Lirarnas Lag was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christer Wästerberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thierry Henry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Alf Enström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christer Wästerberg got free with Nils-Åke Simonsson in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nils-Åke Simonsson didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 22nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Nils-Åke Simonsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christer Wästerberg in the 29th minute. Alf Enström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Gallberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alf Enström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thierry Henry in the 37th minute of play. After 43 minutes of play, Pihl United's Anton Gallberg made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alf Enström was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Thierry Henry made the kick off in the second half. After 50 minutes, Anton Gallberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pihl United and the Lirarnas Lag players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nils-Åke Simonsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christer Wästerberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 59 minutes, Christer Wästerberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lirarnas Lag's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christer Wästerberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nils-Åke Simonsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christer Wästerberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pihl United's Nils-Åke Simonsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christer Wästerberg in the 64th minute of play. Anton Gallberg got his second yellow card in the match during the 65th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 66th match minute, Pihl United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Gallberg to maneuver through the defense. 67 minutes in the game Tomas Bruse did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ciro Immobile. Ciro Immobile fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alf Enström having to interfere. 77 minutes into the game, Christer Wästerberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Nils-Åke Simonsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tomas Bruse's late challenge caught a Lirarnas Lag's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Bruse helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Pihl United getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Tomas Bruse hit a great ball. After 89 minutes Pihl United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christer Wästerberg who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Christer Wästerberg almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pihl United's Nils-Åke Simonsson did a great save.